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GLIDE: EQ-2008-000062-CHN

China:Earthquake:2008/05/12

Duration2008/05/12 On 12 May 2008, an earthquake of magnitude 7.9 and depth 19km occurred in China (Sichuan).
Country or DistrictChina
NameEarthquake

Headline(Source, Date)
Personal Injury Material Damage Others
Xinhua News 2008/09/18
Dead: 69,227
Missing: 17,923 (Unchanged)
Injured: 374,643 (Unchanged)





Xhinhua News 2008/08/21
Dead: 69,226
Missing: 17,923
Injured: 374,643





Xinhua News 2008/08/11
Dead: 69,225
Missing: 17,939
Injured: 374,640





Xinhua News 2008/08/07
Dead: 69,222
Missing: 18,176
Injured: 374,638





Xinhua News 2008/07/24
Dead: 69,197
Missing: 18,222
Injured: 374,176





Xinhua News 2008/06/26
Dead: 69,185
Missing: 18,457
Injured: 374,174





Xinhua 2008/06/14
Dead: 69,170
Missing: 17,428
Injured: 374,159
Evacuated: 1,410,000





Xinhua News 2008/06/10
Dead: 69,146
Missing: 17,516
Injured: 374,072





Xinhua News 2008/06/08
Dead: 69,136
Missing: 17,686
Injured: 374,061





Xinhua News 2008/06/05
Dead: 69,127
Missing: 17,918
Injured: 373,612
Affected: 45,710,000





Xinhua News 2008/06/02
Dead: 69,019
Missing: 18,627
Injured:373,573
Affected: 45,550,000





Xinhua News 2008/05/29
Dead: 68,516
Missing: 19,350
Injured: 365,399
Evacuated: 15,148,840





Xinhua News 2008/05/29
Dead: 68,109
Missing: 19,851
Injured: 364,552





Xinhua News 2008/05/27
Dead: 67,183
Injured: 361,822
Missing: 20,790
Affected: more than 45,610,000
Evacuated: 15,000,000





Xinhua News 2008/05/25
Dead: 62,664
Injured: 358,816
Missing: 23,775





Xinhua News 2008/05/23 [Sichuan province]
Dead: 55,239
Injured: 281,066
Missing: 24,949





Xinhua News 2008/05/22
Dead: 51,151
Injured: 288,431
Missing: 29,328





Xinhua News 2008/05/21
Dead: 41,353
Injured: 274,683
Missing: 32,666





Xinhua News 2008/05/20
Dead: 40,075
Injured: 247,645
Missing: 32,361

Collapsed buildings: about 5,360,000
Damaged buildings: more than 21,000,000



Xinhua News 2008/05/19
Dead: 34,073
Injured: 245,108





Xinhua News 2008/05/18
Death 32,477
injured 220,109





Xinhua News 2008/05/15 [Sichuan Province]
Dead: 19,509
Buried: 12,300
Injured: 102,103





OCHA Situation Report No.2 2008/05/14
Dead: around 15,000
Buried: over 25,000
Missing: 14,000
Injured: 64,746 (Sichuan province)





Xinhua News 2008/05/14 [Gansu province]
Dead: 206
Injured: 2,179
Evacuated: 21,100

Totally Damaged Houses: 32,400
Partially Damaged Houses: 101,700



Reuters AlertNet 2008/05/13
Dead: More than 10,000




Reuters AlertNet 2008/05/12
Dead: 7,651




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